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CANADIAN HANOVERIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Michael Boyd, Chairman, CHS George von Platen, President Hanoverian Breeders Club of Western Canada Vice President: Barbara Beckman (Manitoba) Secretary-Treasurer: Charlene Spengler (Alberta) Directors: John Dingle (British Columbia) Matthew von Platen (Alberta) Inga Hamilton, President Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada Vice-President: Ruth Hanselpacker (Maritime region) Secretary/Treasurer: Ursula Hosking (Ontario West) Directors: Louise Masek (Ontario West) Greta Haupt (Ontario West) Marjorie Haus (Ontario West) Lynda Tetreault (Quebec) CHS Newsletter: Isabelle Schmid CHS Website: Jessica Lauzon May 17, 2019 In this Issue: Canadian Hanoverian Society Chairman’s Message by Michael Boyd Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada President’s Message by Inga Hamilton Hanoverian Breeders Club of Western Canada President’s Message by George van Platen Canadian Hanoverian Inspection 2019 Tour Schedule of Major Fees in Canada for 2019 Eastern Canada Hanoverian Breeders Club Annual General Meeting 2019 - draft minutes Miscellaneous Canadian Hanoverian Society Chairman’s Message by Michael Boyd The foaling season is now well underway and I hope all our members’ foals arrive safely and healthy. In this newsletter you will find information on our 2019 inspection tour schedule. We hope that as many members as possible will present their foals for registration at the inspection sites. Our judge from Germany this year will be Dr. Ludwig Christmann. Note that a decision has not yet been made regarding mare shows and mare performance tests at the three inspection sites in Alberta. Members interested should contact the Western Club president George von Platen. Foals presented at inspection sites will be eligible for the Gold Medal Award from the Verband and the top ten of these foals will be awarded the Albert Kley Top Ten Foal Award. This year these top ten foals will each receive $100 from the CHS and the Top Dressage Bred foal and the Top Jumper Bred foal will receive an engraved pewter plate. At the Mare Performance Tests the top scoring Dressage Bred Mare and the top scoring Jumper Bred Mare will each receive an engraved pewter plate and $100 each from the CHS. The executive of the CHS have also decided to add a new award: The Top Hanoverian Competition Horse. Members can nominate a Canadian bred Hanoverian dressage, jumper, hunter or event horse and this horse will receive an engraved pewter plate and $100 from the CHS. Members should email or mail Michael Boyd their nomination by January 15, 2020. The nomination information will include the horse’s Life Number, breeding (ie. Sire/Dam’s sire), breeder and the horse’s detailed competition results for 2019 and earlier. The Verband is hosting the biannual meeting of the district club, Hannoveraner International on August 7th in Verden. This meeting will be attended by George von Platen, who is Vice President of the association, and Inga Hamilton. I cannot attend due to a marriage (not my own) that I am attending on the long holiday weekend. A reminder to our members, Equestrian Canada has a very informative publication, “Best Practices for Buying and Selling a Horse”. Copies are available in English and French by contacting the EC office for the cost of postage. The publication is also available for downloading on the EC website, www. equestrian.ca. From their home page click on Industry, click on Horse Health and Welfare and then click on Resources and scroll down to find the publication. Branding Beginning this year Germany has banned the branding of horses. The Verband has decided they will allow those countries that do allow branding to continue to do so. Our breeders will have the OPTION of branding their foals or not branding. For those who do not wish their foal(s) to be branded the foal must be microchipped. The microchip must conform to FEI standards. Note that the American Hanoverian Society has decided to brand their foals with only the “H”. We had very good participation in voting as to whether our members would prefer to brand with only the “H” or continue with our practice of branding with “CD” under the “H”. In total we had 62 members send me their vote. The vote was extremely close with 34 members preferring to continue the current practice of branding with HCD. We had 28 members vote for branding with just the H. In addition, I had emails from three members who expressed an opinion to not allow branding at all. So we will continue with our practice of branding foals with HCD for those who want their foals to receive the brand. This vote can always be revisited in the future. Hanoverian Breeders Club of Eastern Canada President’s Message by Inga Hamilton Dear breeders! Thankfully spring has sprung! The first foals have been born and many of us are anxiously waiting for the arrival of the next generation. Hopefully all goes well for everybody. It is such a precious time of the year. We had a great weekend in Charlottetown, PEI at our AGM in March. It was a fun filled weekend with lots of opportunity to meet with different breeders during some meals or even just strolling through town. Besides our meeting, we had the opportunity to visit a couple of different Hanoverian breeding farms (Ruth Hanselpacker's farm and Virginia Cooke and Andrew Keilly's farm). We were treated to a special presentation by Lisa Schultz and Thomasina Orr on behalf of Pfera. Lisa discussed SEO (search engine optimization) and Marketing for breeders highlighting a lot of the tools available especially through social media. Thomasina then discussed the software available for breeders with Foal Point and the Foal Point Scanner by Pfera. Jackie Harlow discussed tips on sales photos for horses, common obstacles, and editing tips; and then Amanda Stright finished the photography discussion about how to work with a photographer, and some of the tools to get the right shot on your own. We also visited the Atlantic Veterinary College, where we went on a tour through the hospital. Dr. Martha Mellish had a presentation on Managing the Equine Digestive System and also touched on Warmblood Fragile Foal Syndrome. All presentations were well received. The draft minutes from the meeting can be found later on in this newsletter. I wish you all a successful foaling and breeding season and hope to see many of you at our inspections later on this year. Hanoverian Breeders Club of Western Canada President’s Message by George von Platen Dear Members and Breeders, Our long cold winter is over! The warm weather and green grass is so nice to see after this last winter. The first foals are being born and another year is on its way. Branding in Europe is, dreadfully, over. I still think it is sad that so much heritage won't be carried on over there. For us in Canada, the Brand stays. But we do have a choice on whether to brand or microchip. The cost for the chip will be a lot higher than branding but I still hope we can continue with our brand. If you would like your foal microchipped, you have to have this done by a veterinarian BEFORE THE INSPECTION DATE. Contact me, George von Platen, if you need more information on the chipping. My email is: [email protected] There have been new stallions imported that will call home from PEI, all the way to BC. This is something for the Breeders to keep in mind for the upcoming season. Hopefully the grass will grow and our hay prices will be more reasonable in 2019. Best of luck to everyone for the foaling and breeding season! Canadian Hanoverian Inspection tour 2019 Wednesday, Thursday, August 28-29 Parkwood Stables; MPT and mare show. Saturday, August 31 South Lane Farm Sunday September 1 PEI; MPT and mare show Tuesday, September 3 Dreamscape Wednesday, September 4 Dreamcatcher Meadows, mare show and MPT Thursday, September 5, Edmonton Friday, September 6, Alberta, Olds College Saturday, Sept 7 Calgary Schedule of Major Fees in Canada for 2019 1. Entrance fees a) for new active members $ 380 Can For breeders who only want to breed one foal, only $150 entrance fee will be charged. If this active membership does not get cancelled by the end of the year the remaining $230 will be charged. b) for new passive members $60 2. Studbook inspection fees a) for Hanoverian main/studbook mares $120 (Hann.,Hess.,Rhld.,Westf. and TBs) b) for non-Hanoverian main/studbook mares from studbooks, which are members of the German Equestrian Federation $200 c) for non-Hanoverian main/studbook mares from studbooks, which are not members of the German Equestrian Federation $240 3. Mare Performance Test Performance Test 60.00 4. Re-registration fees a) re-registration for cancelled mares after change of owner 80.00 b) re-registration for cancelled mares for same owner 70.00 5. Change of ownership a) inclusive registration under new owner name 80.00 6. Fee for issuing pedigree papers and branding a) pedigree papers for foals 195.00 b) DNA parentage verification 50.00 c) branding of foals 15.00 d) issuing a duplicate registration paper 350.00 e) issuing a confirmation of identity 350.00 Eastern Canada Hanoverian Breeders Club Annual General Meeting 2019 – draft minutes March 30, 2019 Charlottetown, PE In Attendance: Inga Hamilton, Lousie Masek, Samuel Jeanson, Ruth Hanselpacker, Virginia Cooke, Andrew Kielly, Regula Strehler, Becky Strehler, Stephanie Gallant, Jacquelyn Harlow, Eveline Keyser, Dean Peach, Karen Strehler Presenters: Lisa Schultz, Thomasina Orr, Amanda Stright 1) Welcome Inga Hamilton welcomed everyone to the meeting and talked about how the Maritimes are the fastest growing area of membership.